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Transpartisan Coalition Calls for Whistleblower Hearings

Petition with strong left-right support headed to Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON, DC - The Liberty Coalition, a transpartisan public
policy group dedicated to preserving the Bill of Rights,
personal autonomy and individual privacy today sent a petition
signed by 30 liberal, libertarian and conservative groups
including the American Civil Liberties Union, Citizen
Outreach, OMB Watch, Electronic Privacy Information Center,
Government Accountability Project, Electronic Freedom
Foundation, and the National Coalition Against the Censorship
to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
urging prompt hearings on the case of Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds.

Edmonds, a former FBI Language Specialist, brought charges of
wrongdoing, criminal activity, cover-ups and national security
threats inside the agency following the terrorist attacks of
9/11. Edmonds was promptly fired, which she asserts was an act
of retaliation. The Department of Justice (DOJ) then used the
State Secrets Privilege to shut down court proceedings in her
case and prevent Congress from exploring the matter. Civil
Liberties advocates argue that Edmonds’s case in an example of
other instances where whistleblowers who tried to inform
Congress and taxpayers about national security threats were
intimidated silenced and retaliated against.

"Mrs. Edmonds is not a national security threat but a
national hero and the American public deserves to hear the
truth of her case.  Congress must act and act now by having
public hearings.  Without them, the cover-ups and criminal
activities will just continue."  Said Michael Ostrolenk,
National Director of the Liberty Coalition.........

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/3/7/171751/6047